Saugerties man charged after driving onto Kingston High School property to talk to teen, then speeding away when approached by security, police say

KINGSTON, N.Y. -- A 45-year-old man was arrested after he drove onto Kingston High School property to talk to a 17-year-old girl and sped away when approached by school security, city police said Wednesday.

Ronald Camp of Glenerie Boulevard, Saugerties, initially approached the teen at noon Tuesday as she was standing on the edge of the Kingston High School property on Andrew Street, police said.

Police said Camp "tried to engage the girl in conversation," drove away, and returned before the 17-year-old went to report the incident to a nearby security guard.

Camp then drove onto city school district property to approach the girl, police said, and was stopped by the security officer.

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When the guard leaned into Camp's vehicle, police said Camp realized it was a police officer and drove away "at a high rate of speed while the officer was still in contact with the vehicle."

Police said they broadcast a description on police radio, and a school resource officer spotted Camp on O'Reilly Street, where Camp was stopped and arrested.

Camp was charged with the misdemeanors of reckless endangerment, obstructing governmental administration, and reckless driving, as well as the violation of trespass and several vehicle and traffic infractions, police said.

The officer was not injured, police said, and Camp was being held pending arraignment.